blending inheritance

blending inheritance

Definition of BLENDING INHERITANCE

: the expression in offspring of phenotypic characters (as pink flower color from red and white parents) intermediate between those of the parents; also: inheritance in a now discarded theory in which the genetic material of offspring was held to be a uniform blend of that of the parents

First Known Use of BLENDING INHERITANCE

1922

blending inheritance

nounblend·ing inheritance \ˈblend-iŋ-\(Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of BLENDING INHERITANCE

: the expression in offspring of phenotypic characters (as pink flower color from red and white parental plants) intermediate between those of the parents; also: inheritance in a now discarded theory in which the genetic material of offspring was held to be a uniform blend of that of the parents—compare mendelian inheritance, quantitative inheritance